2 minutes puppet
Tuesday, October 18, 2011During the KSSR in-house training, we come across the
teaching aids that teachers can use in the classroom. The selections are wide
and teachers must learn how to choose the right aids in order to capture
students’ attention and enhance the teaching and learning activities. Teaching
aids preferably easy to use, easy to manipulate and most of all for Malaysian
teachers, light to carry.
The teaching aid I’m featuring today is hand puppet. Puppet
is fascinating to young learners as it is animated and can be manipulated to
the situation. This puppet can be made in less than 2 minutes which is suitable
for teachers who are busy and in need of teaching aids in short time. Puppet
making also can be done prior class or during class session for various
activities such as induction set, show and tell or teaching of grammar and in
fact, every activities thinkable can feature puppet.
To prove the simplicity of this puppet making, I taught my
two young boys aged 6 and 3 respectively how to make this puppet. They did it with
ease, less confrontation... (Lucky me! ;)) but they do need help in using
stapler and double-sided tape. Given the development and flexibility of the
kinaesthetic skills of my learners in school, I think there will be no problem
at all. Well, in terms of ideas may be, but hey, it’s always try and error.
So here goes,
You will need:
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| Things you need for the puppet making |
- A piece of A4 Paper, coloured if you prefer;
- A pair of scissors;
- Double-sided tape or glue;
- A stapler;
- Coloured markers; and
- Colourful printed papers.
Fold the A4 Papers into half.
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| The boys starting to work |
Step Two
Fold half an inch of both sides.
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| Folding the sides |
Step Three
Stapler on the folded side.
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| He needed help on the first time |
Step Four
With the opening of the paper facing forward, draw a face on
the front side. This is up to your creativity and it can be a smiley or frown,
whatever!
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| Face forward |
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| The faces drawn |
Step Five
Decorate the puppet, using the colourful printed paper. If
you have wools or glitters it would be better.
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| Scaffolding is mandatory here! |
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| They loved the markers... |
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| The end product! A simple hand puppet. |
Step Six
What are you waiting for, start playing!
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| Play time! |
That’s about it, the hand puppet is very simple to make and
there are thousands of ways to decorate it. It is up to you to determine the
look of your puppet. I hope you enjoy making lots of hand puppet after this!
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